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J. J. & G. J. DALEY.

MACHINE FOR GORKING BOTTLES. No. 301,342. PatentedJuly 1, 1884.

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MACHINE FOR CORKING BOTTLES.

Patenfed July 1, 1884.

WITNESEEE INVENTURE NrTnn STaTns PATENT I if tribe,

ASSIGNORS TO JOHN POWER, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR CORKBNG BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301.3%2, dated July 1, 1884-.

Application filed October 26, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that we, JOHN J. DALEY and Gnonon J. DALEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for Oorking Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottlecorking machine constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sec tion on the line mm of Fig. 1.

Our invention relatesto certain improvements in bottle-corking machines, and has for its object to simplify the construction, and cspecially to render the machine capable of being operated by a person seated in front of the machine with the expenditure of much less power than heretofore, thus greatly facilitating the operation of corking bottles, and increasing the working capacity of the ma chine.

To this end our invention"'consists in the combination,with the vertical slide which carries the corking-plunger, and is provided with a cam-slot for operatingthe cork-compressing device, of a rack and pinion arranged at the rear of the slide, the pinion, which is located below the bevel of the cork compressor, being mounted upon a horizontal shaft, to one end of which is attached a balanced hand-lever, which is located on one side of the framework in a convenient position to be operated by a person seated in front of the machine, by which construction and arrangement of parts the machine is rendered more compact, much more easily operated, and capable of performing an increased amount of work.

Our invention also consists in connecting the mechanism which operates the rising and falling support for the bottle with the plunger-slide operated by the rack and pinion, whereby the entire mechanism is operated by the single rack and pinion connected with the hand-lever in a simple and effective manner. In the said drawings, A represents the frame guide, through which the cork is forced by the descent of the plunger 0 into the bottle resting upon the adjustable support H. The construction of the cork-compressor, and the method of operating the same by means of the roll 6 and cam slot a, form, however, no part of our present invention, and will not, therefore, be more particularly described.

WVe will now describe the peculiar construction and arrangement of the mechanism. for operating the corking-plunger slide and parts connected therewith, which form the subject of our present invention.

0n the outside of the slide 1), near its lower end, is a rack, I, with which engages a pinion, E, keyed to a horizontal rock-shaft, K, which is located below the level of the corkcompressor, and is supported in bearings in lugs c, projecting rearwardly from the framework A, the rack being kept in contact with the pinion E by means of a friction-roll, 5, on a horizontal shaft, 6, supported between the lugs c, One end of the shaft K projects out on the right-hand side of the frame-work, and has secured to it a hand-lever, 'L,the lower arm of which is provided with a balance or counterpoisewcight, f, made adj ustablethereon, and held in place by a set-screw, 10,while the upper arm is provided at its extremity with a loop or handle, 9, which is located in a convenient position to be grasped by the hand of the operator when seated in front of the machine. The hand-lever L is nearly balanced by the counterpoise-weight f, and as it is depressed into the position seen in Fig. 3 by the operator drawing it forward toward him the pinion E is oscillated, which movement depresses the rack I, carrying down the slide D, and causing the plunger 0 to force the cork made adjustable thereon.

weight, N, made adjustable thereon.

through the compressor into the bottle, after which the counter movement of the hand-lever will-cause the parts to be returned to their it can be depressed by drawing it forward toward the operator, as shown, the power is applied in a most effective and economical:

manner, as an exceedingly powerful leverage is obtained, and the machine rendered capable of being operated more easily and rapidly and with much less fatigue than heretoforeadvantages of great importance in machines of this description while at the same time the machine is rendered more compact as the hand-lever. L assumes 'a nearly vertical position when the machine is not in use.

The adjustable support H, upon which the bottle to be corked is placed, is attached to a screw-shaft, 8, which fits within a vertical aperture in'a heavy slide, 'z', which is adapted to move vertically in suitable guides in the framework, and is provided with an inclined face, which rests against the correspondingly-inclined face of a wedge, 70, which also slides in vertical guides in the frame-work, the shaft 8 being held in the desired position by nuts 9, The slide i and with it thesupport Hare raised by the upward pressure of a lever, M, against the undersideof a projection, l, on the slide z, the opposite end, m, of the lever M, which is fulcrumed at n, being provided with a heavy This endm of the lever M is connected by means of a chain, Q, with the upper portion of the plunger-slide D, and as the latter is depressed the chain is slaekened, which permits the lever M to be vibrated by the weight N, which causes the bottle-support H to be autoascent of the vertical slide D a projection, 19,

matically raised, as before described. On the thereon strikes a, projection, g, on the wedge 70 and raises the latter, when the slide 13 will descend by its own gravity, carrying with it the bottle-support H.

.The construction of the support H and the method of operating-the mechanism connected therewith by the lever M and projection 19 on the slide D form no part of our present invention, which, however, consists in connecting the lever M directly with the plungerslide D by means of a chain or bar, by which construction all of the moving parts of the machine are adapted to be operated simultaneously by the single rack I and pinion E, actuated by the hand-lever L,which is a conven- 6o ient and economical arrangement.

We areaware that the plunger of a bottlecorking machine has been operated by a rack and pinion, and therefore make no broad claim to theemployment of such a device for this purpose, confining ourselves to our novel construction and arrangement of parts. I

. What we claimasour invention,-and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is In a machine for corking bottles, the'eem- 7o bination, with the vertical plunger-slide'D, the rack I, pinion E, shaft K, and balanced hand-lever L, secured thereto, of the movable bottle-support H and its actuating mechanis-m, and the chain Q, extending directly from 7 5 the slide D to the lever llL-allconstructed and arranged to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

Witness ourhands this 23d day of October, A. D. 1883. 7

JOHN J. DALEY, GEORGE J. DALEY.

In presence of P. E. TESCI-IEMAOHER, J osnrn H. DALEY. 

